National Sunglass Day--Today

"June 27 of each year celebrates National Sunglasses Day," announces National Day Calendar website. The website came up with a variety of facts about sunglasses. Here are a few.

• Early Twentieth Century Americans sometimes called sunglasses sun cheaters. Today, the term is shades.
• Sunglasses weren't considered fashion accessories until after the 1940s.
• Nine centuries ago, the Chinese made sunglasses using smoky quartz.
• Sam Foster (yes of Foster Grant) started mass-producing sunglasses in 1929.
• Polarized sunglasses were used in sunglasses as early as 1936.

Read more about sunglasses and the holiday.